Dieter Oberndorfer wrote: > i want to distribute a directory with large file in it with an msi package. > The size of the directory is 5,51 GB. > The biggest files are 2 files of 2 GB, 1 file of 1 GB, 1 file of 500MB > Now when i want to build the msi, link throws an error: > > fatal error LGHT0017 : Failed to create cab ... with error 0x80004005 > > If I remove one of the 2 GB file, everything runs fine... > The version of wix toolset is 2.0.5325.0, running on Win XP SP2. >
MSI doesn't support files greater than 2GB. The latest version of WiX v3 throws a specific error message if you include one. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
